Untrue in Present/ Future
If I _______ enough money, I ______________ with you.
If I had enough money, I would go with you.
If I _________________ that Bob was so rude, I _________________ gone on a date with him.
If I had known that Bob was so rude, I wouldn't have gone on a date with him.
If I ___________ my mother's advice, I would have been in a hospital right now.
If I hadn't listened to my mother's advice, I would heve been in a hospital now.
If you could have any superpower, which would you choose?
If I could have any superpower, I would choose...
If I met Michael Jackson, ______ talk to him.
If I met Michael Jackson, I would talk to him.
If I ___________________ my raincoat on yesterday, I________________________so wet.
If I had had my raincoat on yesterday, I wouldn't have gotten so wet.
If I ______________ now, I ___________ the test.
Use the appropriate conditional (present/future or past)
If I study now, I will do well on the test.
What do you wish you had done yesterday?
I wish I had ___________ (yesterday).
I want to bake a cake. I don't have any flour. Describe the unreal situation with an if clause.
If I had (any) flour, I would bake a cake. I would bake a cake if I had (any) flour.
Bob didn't do well on the test. Bob spent the night before the test drinking. What do you tell Bob?
"If you...."
If you hadn't spent the night before (the test) drinking, you would have passed the test .
I did not drink coffee this morning, so I am tired now. Rewrite as a conditional using "If"
If I had drunk coffee this morning, I would not be tired (now).
Change to a conditional sentence beginning with "but." Nancy missed her taxi, so she is upset. But if....
But she would not be upset if she had not missed her taxi.
If I were you, I would go to the party. Correct or wrong?
Correct
Respond with "but if I had known..." Your friend was at the hospital. You didn't know this, so you didn't visit him.
But if I had known that he was at the hospital, I would have visited him.
I'm not you, so I didn't go to sleep early. Change to a conditional statement beginning with "but if"
But if I were you, I would have gone to sleep early.
What is something you wish would happen in the future?
I wish....(would, could, were going to be, etc.)
Bob: Do you have a pencil? Mary: No, but if I ___________, I _____________ it to you.
No, but if I did, I would lend it to you.
You did not go to the party because you weren't invited. If your friend........ Express this with the unreal conditional.
If I had been invited (to the party), I would have gone.
I was not expecting guests, so I am not prepared. Express as a conditional with "if"
If I had been expecting guests, I would be prepared.
Rewrite the sentence with an if-clause.
I would have answered the door, but I didn't hear the doorbell.
If I ......
If I had heard the doorbell, I would have answered the door.
or:
I would have answered the door if I had heard the doorbell.